Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Oval Office rebuke of U.S. President Barack Obama – and the Republicans’ immediate attempt to exploit the dispute to peel away Jewish voters – suggest that American politics may be in for a replay of Campaign 1980....Israel “cannot go back to the 1967 lines,” Netanyahu lectured Obama on Friday, “because these lines are indefensible. They don’t take into account certain changes that have taken place on the ground, demographic changes that have taken place over the last 44 years.”

In other words, now that Likud has helped move hundreds of thousands of Israeli settlers onto what was Palestinian territory, the internationally recognized boundaries of Israel are no longer relevant.

The saddest part of all of this? The suggestion that the Obama-Clinton position, (i.e. let Israel do whatever they want to the Palestinians, while providing billions in aid, cover at the U.N., and at most an occasional finger wag) is not craven enough already.UPDATE: Will the Washington Post endorse John Bolton / Shrieking Harpy 2012?

Bolton a candidate? The average person on the street has never heard of him (is he that "easy listening" guy?) and most of those who have heard of him think he's nuts. He also has absolutely no charm and a bad temper- the president would wipe the floor with him in a campaign.

On a slightly more serious note, I don't think any Republican has a chance in 2012 unless the economy craters again. THAT could happen, since Obama and team aren't doing anything more to help reduce unemployment.~